MacBain's Dictionary - Section 33
- sgall
- baldness, Irish sgallta, bald, bare;
See under
sgailc.
- sgalla
- an old hat (M`A.):
- sgàlla
- a large wooden dish cut out of a tree (M`A.):
- sgallais
- insult, contempt; from the Norse sköll, mockery, loud
laughter, skjal, empty talk, skjall, flattering (H.S.D. gives
"flatter" as a meaning): allied to sgal, q.v.
- sgamal
- a scale, squama, Irish sgamal;
from Latin squâmula, squâma.
In Gaelic and Irish Bibles, Acts@+8 18, "Scales fell from his eyes" -
sgamail.
- sgamal
- effluvia, phlegn, Irish
sgamal:
same as sgamal.
- sgamh
- dross, dust;
See sgabh.
- sgamhan
- the lungs, liver, Irish sgamhán, lungs,
Middle Irish scaman, Welsh
ysgyfaint, lights, Cornish skefans, Breton skeveñt; from Irish scaman,
levis, Welsh ysgafn, light, Cornish scaff, Breton skanv, light (cf. for
force English lights, Russ. legkoe, lungs, from legkii, light):
*skamno-; cf. Norse skammr, short,
Old High German scam, short.
- sgann
- a multitude, drove:
- sgann
- a membrane, Irish
sgann; cf. Norse skán, a thin membrane,
film, skaeni, film, membrane; *skad-no?
- sganradh
- dispersing, terror;
See sgainnir.
- sgaog
- a foolish, giddy girl; cf. Scottish skeich, skeigh, skittish, English
shy.
- sgaoil
- spread, scatter, let go, Irish sgaoilim,
Middle Irish,
Early Irish scáilim;
cf. Welsh chwalu, disperse, strew, root sqval, sqvôl, allied to root
sqel, split
(as in sgoilt, q.v.). Rhys says Welsh is borrowed.
- sgaoim
- a fright, a start from fear, skittishness: for sgeum? If
so, for sceng-men,
Early Irish scingim, I start;
Greek
@Gskázw, I limp,
@Gskimbázw, limp; German hinken (do.); Sanskrit khanj (do.).
See sgeun.
- sgaoth
- a swarm (as of bees), Irish scaoth, scaoith: *skoiti-, from
skheit, separate; German scheiden, English shed; further Latin scindo
(from root skjeid, split), split.
- sgap
- scatter, Irish scapaim: *skad-bo- (from skad, divide, Greek
@Gskedánnumi, scatter), developing into skabb,
which, as skabb-th,
becomes sgap? But consider English scape, escape.
- sgar
- sever, separate, Irish sgaraim,
Old Irish scaraim, Welsh ysgar, separate,
Old Breton scarat, dijudicari: *skaraô, root sker, separate,
sunder; Lithuanian skiriú, separate;
Old High German scëran, German scheren,
shear, cut, English shear; further
Greek
@Gkeírw, cut, etc.
- sgarbh
- cormorant; from the Norse skarfr, N.Scottish scarf (Shet., etc.).
- sgarlaid
- scarlet, Irish sgárlóid,
Middle Irish scarloit; from Middle English
scarlat, scarlet, Medieval Latin scarlatum. Stokes and K.Meyer
take it direct from Latin
- sgat
- a skate (Dial.);
See sgait.
- sgath
- lop off, Irish sgathaim,
Early Irish scothaim; Indo-European, root skath, cut;
Greek
@Ga@'skcqc/s, unscathed,
@Gsjázw, cut;
English scathe, German schaden,
hurt; Sanskrit chá, lop. The root appears variously
as skhê, ska,
skêi, ske (Greek
@Gskedánnumi). It is possible to
refer sgath to
the root seq, cut, Latin seco, English section.
See sgian.
- sgàth
- a shade, shadow, Irish sgáth, sgáth,
Old Irish scáth, Welsh ysgod,
Cornish scod, umbra, Breton skeud: *skâto-s;
Greek
@Gskótos, darkness;
English shade, Gothic skadus, shade, shadow, German schatten; Sanskrit
cháya, shadow.
- sgath
- (sh.,
Arms., sgàth,
H.S.D.), a wattled door:
- sgeach,
sgitheag
- hawthorn berry, Irish
sgeach, sweet-briar, haw,
Early Irish scé, g. sciach, also g.pl. sciad,
Welsh ysbyddad, hawthorn,
Cornish spedhes, Breton spezad, fruit, currant: *skvijat-:
- sgeadaich
- dress, adorn, Irish sgeaduighim, adorn, mark with a white
spot, sgead, speck, white spot, sgeadach, speckled, sky-coloured;
also gead, spot:
- sgealb
- a splinter, Irish sgealpóg, splinter, fragment, sgealpaim,
smash, split, make splinters of;
See sgolb. Cf. Scottish skelb,
skelf, a splinter, skelve (vb.).
- sgeallag
- wild mustard, Irish sgeallagach,
Middle Irish scell, a grain,
kernel; root sqel, separate, English shell, etc. Stkes equates
Irish scellán, kernel, with Latin scilla, squill, sea-onion, Greek
@Gskílla.
- sgealp
- a slap; from Scottish skelp,
Middle English skelp.
- sgeamh
- yelp, Irish sceamh,
Early Irish scem, scemdacht;
cf. sgeamh.
Also Gaelic sgiamh, sgiamhail, to which Ernault compares
Middle Breton hueual, cry like a fox.
- sgeamh
- severe or cutting language, Irish sgeamhaim, I scold,
reproach: *skemo-; Norse skamma, to shame, to scold, English
shame, sham? The word sgeamh also means "a disgust" in
Gaelic; also, according to M`A., "a speck on the eye",
"membrane". Also Irish (and Gaelic?) sgeamh, polypody.
- sgean
- cleanliness, polish; cf. for ofigin Norse skína, English shine.
- sgèan
- sudden fright or start, a wild look of the face;
See sgeun.
- sgeaunag
- a kind of sea weed, so called from resembling a knife
blade (Arg.).
- sgeann
- a stare, gazing upon a thing:
- sgeap
- a beehive; from the Scottish skep,
Middle English skeppe, a skep,
carrying basket, Norse skeppa, a measure.
- sgeig
- mockery, Irish sgige,
Middle Irish scige: *skeggio-:
- sgeigeach
- having a prominent chin or a beard of strong, straight
hair (Sutherland); from Norse skegg, a beard, from sgaga,
jut out, English shaggy.
- sgeilcearra
- supple, active; cf. sgiolcarra.
- sgéile
- misery, pity, Irish sceile (
O'Cl.,
Lh. as obsolete,
O'Br.), scéile
(O'R.):
- sgeileid
- a skillet, Irish sgiléad; from the English
- sgeileas
- a beak, thin face, talkativeness (H.S.D.);
See sgeilm.
- sgeilm
- boasting, prattling (
H.S.D.,
Arms.), a thin-lipped mouth,
a prater's mouth (M`A.); also sgiolam, sgeinm. Root skel,
as in
sgal.
- sgeilm
, sgeinm
- neatness, decency; cf.
sgean.
- sgeilmse
- a surprise, sudden attack:
- sgeilp
- a shelf; from Scottish skelf, Anglo-Saxon scylfe, now shelf.
- sgèimh
- beauty, Irish sgeimh;
See sgiamh.
- sgeimhle
- a skirmish, bickering, Irish sgeimhle:
- sgéinnidh
- twine, flax or hep thread; cf. Irish sgainne, a skein or
clue of thread. The Scottish skiny, pack thread (pronounced
skeenyie), is apparently from Gaelic; English skein is from Middle English
skeine,
Old French escaigne. Skeat derives the English from Gaelic.
The Gaelic alone might be referred to *skein, from s@?hein, s@ghoin,
rope, string, Lithuanian geinis, string, Latin fûnis,
Greek
@Gshoi@nnos.
- sgeir
- a rock in the sea, skerry; from Norse sker, a rock in the
sea, whence English skerry, scaur: "cut off", from root of English
shear, Gaelic
sgar.
- sgeith
- vomit, Irish sceithim,
Early Irish scéim, sceithim, Welsh chwydu, Breton
c'houeda: *sqveti-; cf.
Greek
@Gspatígc, thin excrement as in
diarrh@oea (Bez.). sgeith-féith, varicose vein.
- sgeò
- g. sgiach, haze, dimness (Heb.):
See ceò.
- sgeòc
- a long neck; cf.
geòc.
- sgeò
- a torrent of foolish words, also sgeog:
- sgeul
, sgial
- a tale, Irish
sgeul,
Old Irish scél, Welsh chwedl, Cornish whethl,
Breton quehezl (que-hezl, que = ko-): *sqetlo-n (sqedlo-n, Rhys),
root seq, say: Latin inseque, dic, inquam (= in-squam?), say I;
Greek e@'nnépw, I tell,
@Ge@'/ni-spe, dixit;
German sagen English say; Lithuanian
saky/ti, say.
- sgeun
- dread, disgust, look of fear, Irish sgéan, fright, wild look,
Middle Irish scén, affright: *skeng-no-, from skeng, start, spring,
Early Irish scingim, start, spring (for root
See sgaoim). Strachan
refers it to *skakno-, root skak, spring, Lithuanian szókti, spring, Church Slavonic
skakati, Norse skaga, jut out.
- sgiab
- a snatch, sudden movement, Irish sgiob;
See sgiobag.
- sgiamh
- beauty, Irish sgiamh,
Old Irish scíam: *skeimâ; cf. Gothic
skeima, a light, Anglo-Saxon scíma, Norse skími,
a gleam of light,
further English shine, shimmer.
- sgiamh
- a squeal, yell, mew;
See sgeamh.
- sgian
- a knife, Irish sgian,
Early Irish scían, Welsh ysgíen slicer, scimitar,
ysgi, citting off Breton skeja, cut: *scêenâ,
vb. skêô, cut; Sanskrit
châ, cut off,
Greek
@Gsházw, cut, @gsháw; Indo-European
root skjê, skha,
split, cut. Lindsay refers Gadelic to *scênâ, allied to Latin
scêna, a priest's knife, whose side-form is sacena, from seco,
cut, English section, saw. Others have compared Latin scio, know,
Greek
@Gkeíw, cut.
- sgiath
- a shield, Irish sgiath,
Old Irish sciath, Welsh ysgwyd,
Old Welsh scuit,
Old Breton scoit Breton skoued: *skeito-; Church Slavonic stitu@u, shield;
Old Prussian scaytan, Norse skíð, firewood, billet of wood, tablet
(Schräder); to which Bez. queries if Latin scûtum (*skoito-?)
be allied.
- sgiath
- a wing, Irish sgiathán,
sgiath,
Early Irish sciath (sciath n-ete,
shoulder of the wing),
Old Irish scíath, ala, pinaa, Welsh ysgwydd,
shoulder, Cornish scuid, scapula, Breton skoaz: *skeito-, *skeidâ,
shoulder-blade; Indo-European root sqid, Latin scindo;
Greek
@Gshízw, split;
Sanskrit chid, cut; further German scheiden, divide (Indo-European shheit),
which agrees with the Gadelic form.
- sgibeach,
sgibidh
- neat;
See sgiobalta.
- sgid
- a little excrement (M`A.); from the English
- sgideil
- a plash of water;
See sgiodar.
- sgil
- skill; from the English
- sgil
- unhusk, shell, Irish sgiollaim, sgilc, shellings of corn,
sgilice, the
operation of the mill in shelling corn: *skeli-, Indo-European sqel,
separate; Norse skilja, separate, English skill, shell, etc.
See sgoilt. Cf. Scottish shillin, shelled
or unhusked grain.
- sgilbheag
- a chip of slate (Arg.); from Scottish skelve a thin slice,
English shelf.
- sgilig
- shelled grain (Dial.), fom Norse, whence Scottish shillin, which
See under
sgil. Irish sgilige, sgileadh, sgiolladh, shelling grain.
- sgillinn
- a penny, Irish sgillin, shilling,
Middle Irish scilling, scillic, from
Anglo-Saxon scilling, Norse skillingr, German schilling.
- sgilm
- a mouth expressive of scolding aptitude
(M`A.);
See sgiolam.
- sgimilear
- a vagrant parasite, intruder; from Scottish skemmel. Cf.
sgiomalair.
- sginn
- squeeze out, gush out, Irish scinn, gush, start,
Early Irish scendim,
spring; Sanskrit skand, leap; Latin scando;
Greek
@Gskándalon, English
scandal. Arms. has sginichd, squeezing; Badenoch Dial. has
sging, a squeeze, hardship. there is an Early Irish scingim, I
spring, from skeng, discussed under
sgaoim.
- sgioba
- ship's crew; from the Norse skip, a ship.
- sgiobag
- a slap given in play, a hasty touch or snatch, sgiob,
sgiab, snatch, Irish sgiobaim, I snatch, Welsh ysgip,
ysgipiol; cf.
Manx skibbag, skip, hop, from English skip.
- sgiobair
- a skipper; from the Scottish skippare, English skipper, Norse
skipari, a mariner.
- sgiobal,
sgìobal
- (Suth.), a barn, Irish sgiobál:
- sgioball
- loose folds or skirts of a garment:
- sgiobalta
- clever, neat, Manx skibbylt, active, a skipping, Irish
sgiobalta, active, spruce; also Gaelic sgioblaich, adjust the
dress, etc., tidy up. Cf. Norse skipulag, order, arrangement,
skipa, put in order, English ship shape. The Gadelic is borrowed.
- sgiodar
- a plashing through bog and mire, diarrh@oea; from Scottish
scutter, skitter.
- sgiogair
- a jackanapes, Irish sgigire, a buffoon, mocker;
See sgeig.
- sgiolam
- forward talk, also sgeilm; also giolam.
See sgeilm.
sgiol (Lewis), empty talk; Norse skjal.
- sgiolc
- slip in or out unperceived; cf. English skulk.
- sgiolbhagan
- fibs (Wh.):
- sgiomalair
- an instrument to take the suet off a pot (M`A.);
from English skim?
- sgìonabhagan
- "smithereens" (Arg.); from sgian?
- sgionnadh
- starting, eyes starting with fear;
See sginn.
- sgionn-shuil
- a squint eye; from English squint, with a leaning on
Gaelic sgionn,
sginn, start, protrude.
- sgiord
- squirt, purge, Irish sgíordadh (n.),
sgiurdaim (O'R.); either
cognate with or borrowed from English squirt (Stokes' Lis.).
- sgiorr
- slip, stumble, Irish sciorraim:
- sgiort
- a skirt, edge of a garment, Irish sgiorta; from English skirt.
O'Cl. has Irish sguird for tunic or shirt.
- sgiot
- scatter; from Norse skjóta, shoot, skyti, shooter. M`A.
says the word belongs to the North Highlands; Arms. does
not have it. Irish has sgiot, a dart, arrow: "something shot".
- sgìre
- a parish; from Anglo-Saxon scír, county, now shire,
Old High German scîra,
charge.
- sgirtean
- a disease in cattle - black spauld or quarter-ill (H.S.D.):
"stumbling disease", from sgiorradh?
- sgìth
- tired, Irish sgíth, weariness,
Old Irish scíth, Cornish sqwyth, skîth,
Breton skouîz, skuîz: *skîto-, *skîtto- (Brittonic *skvîtto-, according
to Stokes); rrot skhei beside khsei, decay, destroy, Greek
@Gfqíw,
@Gfqísis, phthisis, Sanskrit kshi, destroy, kshitás,
exhausted (Strachan, Bez.Beit.@+17 300).
- sgithiol
- a shealing hut (Carmichael); from Norse sky/li, a shed,
skjól, a shelter, Danish and Swed. skjul, shed, English sheal.
- sgiùcan
, sgiùchan
- the cackling or plaint of a moorhen:
- sgiùgan
- a whimper;
cf. sgiùcan.
- sgiùnach
- a charm for getting all the fish about a boat or headland
into one's own boat amidst the amazement of the
neighbours (M`A.):
- sgiùnach
- a bold, shameless woman (H.S.D.):
- sgiurdan
- a squirt; from the English
- sgiùrs
- scourge, Irish sgiúrsaim, Welsh ysgors; from Middle English scourge,
Latin excoriare.
- sgiùthadh
- a lash, stroke with a whip (
H.S.D. says Dial.;
M`A.
says North):
- sglabhart
- a blow on the side of the head; from Scottish sclaffert (do.),
sclaff, a blow, Prov.French esclaffa, to beat (Ducange), Medieval Latin
eclaffa.
- sglàib
- ostentation (Hend.):
- sglaim
- questionably acquired wealth, sglaimire,
usurper (M`A.);
See glàm.
- sglamhadh
- a seizing greedily upon anything, Irish sclamhaim, I
seize greedily, scold; also Gaelic sglamadh i
(M`E.);
See glàm.
- sglamhruinn
- a scolding, abusive words; cf. Scottish sclourie, vilify,
abuse, bedaub. Irish
sglamhadh means also "scold:, and Gaelic
sglamhadh,
scold of a sudden (M`A.).
Scottish has sklave, to
calumniate.
- sglamhradh
- clawing one's skin for itch (M`A.);
See clamhradh.
- sgleamhas
- meanness, sordidness, sgleamhraidh, a stupid or mean
fellow.
- gleamaic
- plaster (vb.), daub filthily (M`A.), sgleamaid, snotters
(M`A.):
- sglèap
- ostentation, Irish sgléip; M`A. gives the force of "to flatter,
stare open-mouthed at one".
- sgleò
- dimness of the eyes, vapour:
- sgleò
- boasting, romancing, Irish scleo, boasting, high language:
- sgleò
- misery, Irish scleo (O'Cl.):
- sgleòbach
- sluttish:
- sgleobht
- a chunk (M`D.):
- sgleog
- a snot, phlegm, a knock:
- sgleogair
- a troublesome prattler, liar:
- sgleòid
- a silly person, slattern, Irish scleóid; also gleòid:
- sgliamach
- slippery-faced (M`L.):
- sgliat
- slate, Irish scláta; from Middle English sclat, now slate.
- sglìmeach
- troublesome, as an unwelcome guest:
- sgliobhag
- a slap (Dial.); cf. Scottish sclaff, sclaffert.
- sgliùrach
- (sgliurach, H.S.D.), a slut, gossip, Irish sgliurach. The
Gaelic also means "young of the sea-gull till one year old", when
they become sgàireag.
- sglongaid
- a snot, spit;
See glong.
- sgob
- snatch, bite, sting, Irish sgoballach, a morsel, peice; also Gaelic
sgobag, a small wound, a small dram. Seemingly formed
from gob, a bill, mout (cf.
Old French gobet, morsel, gober,
devour, English gobble).
- sgoch
- gash, make an incision; for scoth;
See sgath.
- sgòd
- the corner of a sheet, the sheet of a sail, a sheet-rope,
Middle Irish
scóti, sheets; from Norse skaut, the sheet or corner of square
cloth, the sheet rope, a hood, Gothic skauts, hem, English sheet.
- sgog
- a fool, idler, sgogach, foolish, Irish sgogaire (O'R.), Welsh ysgogyn,
fop, flatterer:
- sgòid
- pride, conceit, Irish sgóid; Gaelic sgoideas, pageantry, ostentation:
- sgoid
- drift-wood (Lewis); Norse skiða.
- sgoil
- school, Irish sgoil,
Early Irish scol, Welsh ysgol, Breton skol; from Latin
schola, whence English school.
- sgoileam
- loquacity;
See sgiolam.
- sgoilt
- split, sgoltadh, splitting, Irish,
Middle Irish scoiltim, inf. scoltad,
Old Irish siuscoilt, scinde
(St.Gal.Incant.), Cornish felja, Breton
faouto, split: *sgoltô, split, root sqvel;
Lithuanian skélto, split,
skiliù, split; Norse skiljan, separate, German schale, shell,
English
shale, skill;
Greek
@Gskállw, hoe,
@Gskúllw, tear.
- sgoim
- wandering about, skittishness (Hend.); cf.
sgaoim.
- sgoinn
- care, efficacy, neatness:
- sgoirm
- throat, lower parts of a hill (M`P. Ossian); for latter
force,
See under sgairneach.
- sgoitich
- a quack, mountebank:
- sgol
- rinse, wash; from Norse skola, wash, Swed. skölja, rinse,
wash, Danish skylle.
- sgolb
- a splinter, Irish sgolb,
Middle Irish scolb, a wattle, Welsh ysgolp,
splinter, Breton skolp: *skolb-, root skel, skol, split (see sgoilt),
fuller root skel-@g;
Greek
@Gkolobós, stunted,
@Gskóloy (
@Gskólopos),
stake; Swed. skalks, a piece, also Gothic halks, halt, English shelf,
spelk (Perrson Zeit.@+ee 290 for
Greek and Teutonic).
- sgonn
- a block of wood, blockhead; sgonn-balaich, lump of a
boy: *skotsno-, "section"; from the root of
sgath.
- sgonsair
- an avaricious rascal (M`D.):
- sgop
- foam, froth (M`D.):
- sgor
- a mark, notch, Irish sgór; from English score, Norse skor, mark,
notch, tally (Gaelic is possibly direct from Norse).
- sgòr
, sgòrr
- a sharp rock; from Scottish scaur, English scar, cliff, of
Scandinavian origin, Norse sker, skerry;
Old High German scorra,
rock; further English shore, Anglo-Saxon score.
See sgeir further.
- sgòrnan
- a throat, Irish scornán:
- sgot
- a spot, blemish, small farm; cf. Scottish shot, a spot or plot of
ground.
- sgoth
- a boat, skiff, a Norway skiff; from Scandinavian - Danish
skude, Norse skúta, a cutter, small craft.
- ++sgoth
- a flower, Irish
sgoth; Latin scateo, gush (
St.
Zeit.@+33.
- sgrabach
- rough, ragged, Irish sgrábach, sgrabach (Lh.); from English
scrap, sgrappy, Norse skrap, scraps.
- sgrabaire
- the Greenland dove; hence Scottish scraber.
- sgragall
- gold-foil, spangle (
Sh.,
Lh., etc.; not
M`A. or
M`E.), Irish
sgragall:
- sgraideag
- small morsel, diminutive woman, Irish sgraideóg. M`A.
gives sgràid, a hag, old cow or mare, and H.S.D. sgraidht
(do.). Cf. Scottish scradyn, a puny, sickly child, scrat, a puny
person, Norse skratti, wizard, goblin.
- sgraig
- hit one a blow:
- sgràill
- (sgraill, H.S.D.), rail at, abuse:
- sgraing
- a scowling look, niggardliness; Indo-European sqren@go-, shrink;
English shrink;
Greek
@Gkrámbos, blight.
- sgràist
- a sluggard, Irish scraiste (Lh., etc.):
- sgrait
- a shred, rag:
- sgràl
- a host, a large number of minute things (Heb.); cf.
sgriothail.
- sgrath
- outer skin or rind, turf (for roofing, etc.), Irish sgraith,
green sward, sod, sgraithim, I pare off the surface, Welsh ysgraf,
what pares off, ysgrawen, hard crust; cf. Norse skrá, dry
skin, scroll (*skrava), Scottish scra, a divot (Dumfries).
- sgrathail
- destructive, Irish, sgraiteamhuil (O'R.):
- sgreab
- a scab, blotch, crust, Irish sgreabóg, a crust; from English
scrape?
- sgread
- a screech, cry, Irish sgread,
Middle Irish scret: *skriddo-, Welsh ysgri,
root skri, skrei;
Old High German scri@-an, cry, German schrei, English scream,
screech; Latin screô (= screjô), a hawk.
- sgreag
- dry, parch; from the Scandinavian - Norwegian skrekka,
shrink, parch, Swed. skraka, a great dry tree, English shrink,
scraggy (from Scandinavian).
- sgreamh
- abhorence, disgust, Irish screamh: *skrimo-, root skri,
skrei; Norse skr@oema, scare away, Swed. skräma, Danish
skr@oemme.
- sgreamh
- thin scum or rind, ugly skin (M`A.);
root skr@. of sgar.
- sgreang
- a wrinkle: *skrengo-, Indo-European sqren@g, shrink; English shrink
(Dr Cameron).
See sgraing.
- sgreataidh
- disgusting, horrible: *skritto-, root skri
of sgreamh,
q.v. Cf. Norse skrati, a monster, "Old Scratch".
- sgreubh
- dry up, crack by drought, sgreath (M`A., who has
sgreoth, parch as cloth); cf. English shrivel, from a Scandinavian
source - base skriv-,
Old Northumbrian screpa, pine, Norwegian
skrypa, waste; or Scottish scrae, dry, withered person, old withered
shoe, Norwegian skrae.
- sgreuch,
sgriach
- a scream, screech, Irish sgréach,
Early Irish screch:
*skreikâ, root skrei, as
in sgread, q.v. English screech, shriek are
from the same root (not stem). Welsh ysqrêch, seems borrowed
from the English
- sgreunach
- shivering (Arran), boisterous (of weather, Arg.):
*sqreng-no-;
See sgraing.
- sgriach
- a score, scratch (Dial.); cf. stríoch.
- sgribhinn
- rocky side of a hill or shore (Arms.,
M`A.); for sgridhinn,
from the Norse skriða, pl. skriðna, a lnadslip on a hill-side.
See sgrìodan.
- sgrid
- breath, last breath of life: *skriddi-, root skri
of sgread.
- sgrìob
- a scratch, furrow, line, Irish scríob,
Early Irish scríb, mark, scrípad,
scratching; from Latin scribo, write, draw lines, whence also
Norse skrifa, scratch, write, Welsh ysgrif, a notch.
- sgrìobh
- write, Irish sgríobhaim,
Old Irish scríbaim, Welsh ysgrifo, Breton
skriva, skrifa; from Latin scribo, write.
- sgrìodan
- a stony ravine on a mountain side, track of a mountain
torrent, a continuous run of stones on a mountain side; from
Norse skriða, pl. skriðna, a landslip on a hill-side,
skríða, to
glide, German shreiten, stride; Prov.English screes, sliding
stones, Scottish scriddan (from the Gaelic).
- sgrios
- destroy, Irish scriosaim,
Middle Irish scrisaim: *skrissi- for
*skr@.-sti, root skar
of sgar, q.v.
- sgriotachan
- a squalling infant; from scread.
- sgrioth
- gravel (Islay), sgriothail, a lot of small items (Badenoch)
(do.) as of children (Wh.): *skritu-, root sker; cf. English short,
Indo-European skr@.dh, little, short.
- sgròb
- scratch, Irish scrobaim: *skrobbo-, from skrob, scratch; Latin
scrobis, a ditch, scro@-fa, a pig ("scratcher up"); English scrape;
Lettic skrabt, scrape, Church Slavonic skreb, scrape.
- sgròban
- a bird's crop, Irish scrobán; cf. English crop, German kropf.
- sgrobha
- a screw, so Irish; from the English
- sgrog
- the head or side of the head (in ridicule), a hat or bonnet;
vb. sgrog, put on the bonnet firmly, scrog; from the Scottish
scrog, scrug, English shrug. In the sense of "head" compare
sgruigean.
- sgrog
, sgrogag
- anything shrivelled, a shrivelled old woman, old
cow or ewe, sgrog, shrivel; from the Scottish scrog, a stunted
bush, sgroggy, stunted, English scraggy, Danish skrog, Swed. skrokk,
anything shrunken, Norse skrokkr.
- sgroill
- a peeling or paring, anything torn off; from Scandinavian
- Danish skrael, peelings or parings of apples, potatoes, Norse
skríll, a mob.
- sgrub
- hesitate, sgrubail, a hesitating, Irish scrub,
hesitate, sgrubalach,
scrupulous; from English scruple.
- sgrùd
- examine, search, Irish scrúdaim,
Old Irish scrútaim; from Latin
scrûtor, English scrutiny.
- sgruigean
- neck of a bottle, the neck (in ridicule), Irish sgruigín,
neck of a bottle, short-necked person; cf.
sgrog.
- sgruit
- an old shrivelled person, a thin person, Irish sgruta, an old
man, sgrutach, lean, sgrut, a contemptible person; cf. Norse
skrudda, a shrivelled skin, old scroll.
- sgrùthan
- (sgrù'an), a shock of corn (Assynt); from Norse skrúf,
hay-cock.
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